Amaechi Hosts Eleme General Assembly

Last week in Government House started on a humanitar
ian note following the donation of skills empowerment equipment to over 200 women and widows by the Obio / Akpor Local Government Council. The wife of Rivers State Governor, Dame Judith Amaechi and Chief of Staff, Government House, Sir Tony Okocha was at hand to handover the equipment.
Dame Judith Amaechi commended the effort of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obio/Akpor, saying the party was already on the path to victory. She therefore urged beneficiaries of the scheme to be committed in using their crafts to transform their families and society.
On Monday, last week, Director- General Bureau of Public Procurement, Mr Franklin Nlemm briefed Government House Correspondents on the controversy surrounding the purchase of two Automatic Road Analyser Vehicles (ARAN). He said the development has been misconstrued in some quarters, explaining that the law also empowers the agency to act as a regulatory agency.
According to Mr Nlemm, section 50, sub-section three of the law establishing Bopp empowers the agency to call a contractor to order if he or she deviates from specifications. He insisted that the two ARAN vehicles were acquired by the body to further enhance its mandate in ensuring standards in contract execution, especially roads.
In the long run, he believed that the ARAN would improve capacity of road contract execution and at the same time improve quality and save money for the government.
Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon. Chibuike Amaechi returned to the state on Tuesday after attending a Town Hall meeting with Rivers State indigenes abroad in the United States of America.
Before the arrival of the governor, Chief of Staff Government House, Sir Tony Okocha had visited Obio/Akpor Council where he unveiled two new vehicles for the police and another one for non-indigenes in the area.
He commended the authorities of Obio/Akpor Council for assisting the police to  fight crime in Woji Community, and for providing means of transportation for non-indigenes in APC within Obio/Akpor area.
Governor Amaechi on Wednesday took time from his tight state schedules to inspect ongoing projects in different parts of the state. Later in the evening, he was at a state banguet in honour of a literary icon, Prof. Wole Soyinka who turned 80 recently.
Describing the Nobel Laureate as a “global adviser,” Amaechi said Soyinka has been consistent in the literary world and continues to bring honour to Nigeria despite its current travails.
He said, “I need to thank you (Prof Soyinka) for accepting the invitation  by the Rivers State Government to host you to a dinner. The reason for it is basically the achievements that you have made globally not just in Nigeria”.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi who was guest at the dinner also lauded Prof Soyinka, saying Nigerians will not forget his activism as human rights crusader.
Responding, Prof Soyinka thanked the people of Rivers State for the gesture and toasted for democracy, human liberty, freedom, “There for me are the buzz words, believe you me”, he said.
On Thursday, Governor Amaechi played host to the Eleme General Assembly led by the Eleme Monarch, One Eh Eleme, Emere Samuel Ejire and President of Eleme General Assembly, Evangelist Jonah Chujor.
After an address read by Evangelist Chiyor, Governor Amaechi said that government would ensure it brings about lasting peace between Ekporo community in Eleme and Ogu in Ogu/Bolo Local Area.